A view near Ryde, Isle of Wight, looking towards Spithead, Portsmouth

Details

William Turner of Oxford, O.W.S. (1789-1862)
A view near Ryde, Isle of Wight, looking towards Spithead, Portsmouth
signed 'W. Turner./Oxford' (lower right) and signed again, inscribed and numbered 'View near Ryde, Isle of Wight, looking towards Spithead and Portsmouth./No. 3./W. Turner/Oxford.' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic
17 5/8 x 34½ in. (44.8 x 87.5 cm.)

Provenance

Lord Portman, 1835.

Exhibited

London, Royal Society for Painters in Water-colour, 1835, no. 221 as 'St John's near Ryde, Isle of Wight- looking towards Spithead and Portsmouth', sold for 20 gns to Lord Portman.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Turner repeated the view in 1845 (no. 5) with slight variations View near Ryde, looking towards Spithead and Portsmouth- Autumn.

We are grateful to Timothy Wilcox for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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